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Beyond Pi: 7 Underrated Single-Letter Variables and Constants random variable complex variable independent variable slack variable dynamic variable metalogical variable value quantitative variable dependent variable parameter special function trigonometric function root continuity logistic function Riemann zeta function Recursive function exponential function extremum

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Gottlob Frege

Gottlob Frege

German mathematician and philosopher

Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.

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